Part 1981

<h1>Clavis</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cla"vis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Claves</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Clavises</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A key; a glossary.</def>

<h1>Clavus</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cla"vus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a nail.]</ety> <def>A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.</def>

<h1>Clavy</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cla"vy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Clavies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>claveau</ets> centerpiece of an arch.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A mantelpiece.</def>

<h1>Claw</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Claw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>clawu</ets>, <ets>cl\'be</ets>, <ets>cle\'a2</ets>; akin to D. <ets>klaauw</ets>, G. Klaue, Icel. <ets>kl\'d3</ets>, SW. & Dan. <ets>klo</ets>, and perh. to E. <ets>clew</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<cs><col>Claw hammer</col>, <cd>a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc.</cd> -- <col>Claw hammer coat</col>, <cd>a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern.</cd> <mark>[Slang]</mark> -- <col>Claw sickness</col>, <cd>foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.</cd></cs>

<h1>Claw</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Claw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clawed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clawing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>clawan</ets>. See <er>Claw</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Rich men they <b>claw</b>, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To rail at; to scold.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion, thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed; though he <b>claweth</b> them soon after in another acceptation. <i>T. Fuller</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Claw me</col>, <col>claw thee</col></mcol>, <cd>stand by me and I will stand by you; -- an old proverb.</cd>

<i>Tyndale.</i>

<col>To claw away</col>, <cd>to scold or revile.</cd> "The jade Fortune is to be <i>clawed away</i> for it, if you should lose it."

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<col>To claw (one) on the back</col>, <cd>to tickle; to express approbation.</cd> <mark>(Obs.)</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

-- <col>To claw (one) on the gall</col>, <cd>to find falt with; to vex.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i></cs>

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